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British woman fatally mowed down by car on Spain’s Mallorca with driver claiming a puncture
A British woman died and a man- also British- suffered serious injuries in Palma on Wednesday when a vehicle hit them while waiting to...
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Tourist train flips over injuring 11 holidaymakers including four children on Spain’s Mallorca
AN EYEWITNESS has told the Olive Press that a tourist train crossing the resort of Santanyl on Mallorca was going too fast when it...
Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels in Spain cheer August return to pre-pandemic occupancy
FIRST half of August hotel stays are back to 2019 pre-pandemic levels in Benidorm and the Costa Blanca with an average occupancy figure of...
British tourist arrested over rape of UK holidaymaker on Spain’s Mallorca
A British man in his early 20's has been arrested over the alleged rape of a female UK holidaymaker at a Magaluf hotel.
Calvia's Guardia...
Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee
BENIDORM has congratulated Queen Elizabeth II on her 70 years as British monarch ahead of this weekend's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
From Thursday, the Costa Blanca...
Foreign tourists flooding back to Spain with spending close to pre-pandemic levels
SPAIN welcomed 6.1 million international tourists in April who spent €6.9 billion on their holidays.
Figures published on Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute show...
Spain’s Valencia to invest €1.5 million to attract British tourists
VALENCIA leader Ximo Puig has announced a plan worth €1.5 million designed to attract more British tourists to the region.
He announced his "impact plan"...
British tourists ‘blamed’ for high COVID-19 rate in Benidorm area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
RISING British visitor numbers in the Benidorm area could be causing a big spike in local COVID-19 cases according to some Spanish media reports.
The...
Spanish minister calls for UK to ‘green list’ regions in Spain with lowest infection rates
SPAIN has called on the British government to relax Covid-19 restrictions for regions with low contagion rates, the country’s secretary of state for tourism...
Costa del Sol ‘confident’ UK travel restrictions to Spain will be lifted in June
SPAIN'S Costa del Sol's tourism sector is confident that Boris Johnson's government will turn the traffic light green for Spain on June 7, when...
New rules to clamp down on bogus package holiday sickness claims in Spain
Coming into effect in the coming weeks, the curbs will close a loophole that allows holiday makers to issue fraudulent claims
British and French tourist numbers drop in Andalucia as tourism sector fears downturn
ANDALUCIA'S tourism sector is fearing a downturn after the number of foreign visitors decreased for the first time in 33 months in February.
The number...
Brits could be banned from all inclusive holidays to Spain after rise in fake food poisoning claims
Hotels in Spain have been hit with a huge €4.9 million compensation bill after Brits have filed false food poisoning claims
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71.6 million tourists visited Spain in 2022
THE number of tourists visiting Spain rebounded by 130% to 71.6 million in 2022, compared to the previous Covid-hit year.
According to the Spanish statistics...
